Name: McMinnville Livestock Auction livestock auction prices — 2025-09-10
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-09-10

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $381.51/cwt on 173 head. That ranks 1 of 8 comparable sales and sits −75.32 against this barn's trailing median of $456.82.

Average price

$381.51

173 head · 556 lb average

Value per head Derived

$2,122

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

$105

per head · Medium and Large 1 over Medium and Large 2

$12.49/cwt at this weight

vs the market

−5.72

vs TN average

−32.01 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	557	383.17	2,136	150
Medium and Large 2	548	370.67	2,031	23

One grade step is worth $12.49/cwt here — about $105 a head. Across this sale the premium is widest at 300–400 lb. USDA reports each grade on its own line and never publishes the spread.

This barn's trailing prices 500–600 lb

8 sales

Steers 500–600 lb: high $493.65, low $411.46, median $456.82 across 8 sales. Sales under 10 head in this class are excluded, so a thin day cannot swing the median or the ranking.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale173 hd

381.51

—

TN average14 barns · 743 hd

387.22

−5.72

National average170 barns · 13,807 hd

413.52

−32.01

This barn, trailing median8 sales

456.82

−75.32

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

53 lots · USDA AMS · Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	250–300	260	462.50/cwt	462.50–462.50	1,203	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	350–400	350	425.00/cwt	425.00–425.00	1,488	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	300–350	343	426.00/cwt	426.00–426.00	1,461	3
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	325.00/cwt	325.00–325.00	1,732	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	800–850	838	270.00/cwt	270.00–270.00	2,263	4
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	700–750	746	308.00/cwt	308.00–308.00	2,298	13
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	483	379.60/cwt	365.00–383.00	1,833	30
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	659	328.76/cwt	322.50–331.50	2,167	79
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	300	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,110	1
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	600–650	647	335.15/cwt	335.00–338.00	2,168	19
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	850–900	850	275.00/cwt	275.00–275.00	2,338	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	635	306.00/cwt	306.00–306.00	1,943	2
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	450–500	460	398.31/cwt	390.00–399.00	1,832	39
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	373	390.00/cwt	390.00–390.00	1,455	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	363.77/cwt	355.00–366.00	1,943	46
Steers	Medium and Large 1	900–950	925	314.00/cwt	314.00–314.00	2,905	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	723	311.50/cwt	311.50–311.50	2,252	2
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	435	380.13/cwt	369.00–386.00	1,654	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	771	304.34/cwt	283.00–306.50	2,346	31
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	586	348.37/cwt	343.50–350.50	2,041	65
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	951	315.00/cwt	315.00–315.00	2,996	4
Steers	Medium and Large 1Value Added	500–550	510	406.00/cwt	406.00–406.00	2,071	11
Bulls	Medium and Large 1	550–600	553	344.50/cwt	344.50–344.50	1,905	16
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	434	427.26/cwt	420.00–429.00	1,854	11
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	486	411.58/cwt	391.00–419.00	2,000	20
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	657	352.69/cwt	344.00–355.00	2,317	108
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	676	318.00/cwt	318.00–318.00	2,150	10
Steers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	345	445.00/cwt	445.00–445.00	1,535	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	481	368.84/cwt	365.00–369.00	1,774	23
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	800–850	820	261.00/cwt	261.00–261.00	2,140	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	500	352.50/cwt	352.50–352.50	1,763	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	426	417.50/cwt	417.50–417.50	1,779	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	566	348.73/cwt	341.00–357.00	1,974	34
Steers	Medium and Large 2	850–900	890	300.00/cwt	300.00–300.00	2,670	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	650–700	658	358.79/cwt	346.00–361.00	2,361	14
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	640	314.28/cwt	311.00–324.00	2,011	8
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	300–350	307	392.50/cwt	392.50–392.50	1,205	3
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	257	375.73/cwt	340.00–387.50	966	4
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	700–750	733	281.00/cwt	281.00–281.00	2,060	5
Steers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	775	333.57/cwt	326.50–337.50	2,585	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	250–300	280	505.00/cwt	505.00–505.00	1,414	1
Steers	Medium and Large 2	450–500	486	402.38/cwt	386.00–410.00	1,956	10
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	400–450	431	369.85/cwt	342.50–380.00	1,594	5
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	750–800	790	276.00/cwt	276.00–276.00	2,180	1
Steers	Medium and Large 1	300–350	335	452.50/cwt	452.50–452.50	1,516	1
Heifers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	378	386.93/cwt	380.00–390.00	1,463	8
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	584	366.59/cwt	364.00–368.00	2,141	73
Steers	Medium and Large 2	350–400	363	436.47/cwt	430.00–442.50	1,584	2
Steers	Medium and Large 2	550–600	556	370.52/cwt	341.00–372.50	2,060	17
Steers	Medium and Large 2	500–550	525	371.11/cwt	355.00–379.00	1,948	6
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	536	397.70/cwt	381.00–400.00	2,132	66
Steers	Medium and Large 2	600–650	637	350.35/cwt	347.00–352.00	2,232	3
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	337.59/cwt	325.00–340.50	2,610	68

How this sale compares

Tennessee weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Tennessee auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Tennessee feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Warren Co. Livestock Graded Sale - McMinnville, TN

Wed Sep 10, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Nashville, TN (LS-NV)

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Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Bulls — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	260	462.50	462.50
3	300–350	343	426.00	426.00
1	350–400	350	425.00	425.00
39	450–500	460	390.00–399.00	398.31
4	500–550	533	325.00	325.00
16	550–600	553	344.50	344.50
19	600–650	647	335.00–338.00	335.15
13	700–750	746	308.00	308.00
4	800–850	838	270.00	270.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	300	370.00	370.00
2	350–400	373	390.00	390.00
9	400–450	435	369.00–386.00	380.13
30	450–500	483	365.00–383.00	379.60
46	500–550	534	355.00–366.00	363.77
65	550–600	586	343.50–350.50	348.37
2	600–650	635	306.00	306.00
79	650–700	659	322.50–331.50	328.76
2	700–750	723	311.50	311.50
31	750–800	771	283.00–306.50	304.34
1	850–900	850	275.00	275.00
Heifers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
4	250–300	257	340.00–387.50	375.73
3	300–350	307	392.50	392.50
8	350–400	378	380.00–390.00	386.93
5	400–450	431	342.50–380.00	369.85
23	450–500	481	365.00–369.00	368.84
1	500–550	500	352.50	352.50
34	550–600	566	341.00–357.00	348.73
8	600–650	640	311.00–324.00	314.28
10	650–700	676	318.00	318.00
5	700–750	733	281.00	281.00
1	750–800	790	276.00	276.00
1	800–850	820	261.00	261.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
1	300–350	335	452.50	452.50
11	400–450	434	420.00–429.00	427.26
20	450–500	486	391.00–419.00	411.58
66	500–550	536	381.00–400.00	397.70
73	550–600	584	364.00–368.00	366.59
108	650–700	657	344.00–355.00	352.69
68	750–800	773	325.00–340.50	337.59
1	900–950	925	314.00	314.00
4	950–1000	951	315.00	315.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1 · Value Added$ per cwt · actual wt
11	500–550	510	406.00	406.00
Steers — Medium and Large 2$ per cwt · actual wt
1	250–300	280	505.00	505.00
1	300–350	345	445.00	445.00
2	350–400	363	430.00–442.50	436.47
5	400–450	426	417.50	417.50
10	450–500	486	386.00–410.00	402.38
6	500–550	525	355.00–379.00	371.11
17	550–600	556	341.00–372.50	370.52
3	600–650	637	347.00–352.00	350.35
14	650–700	658	346.00–361.00	358.79
17	750–800	775	326.50–337.50	333.57
1	850–900	890	300.00	300.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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